[jira] [Created] (LANG-1113) Manages Comparable in EqualsBuilder

["Simon Meyffret (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Simon Meyffret created LANG-1113:
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             Summary: Manages Comparable in EqualsBuilder
                 Key: LANG-1113
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-1113
             Project: Commons Lang
          Issue Type: New Feature
          Components: lang.builder.*
            Reporter: Simon Meyffret
            Priority: Trivial


As explained by LANG-393 and LANG-467, {{EqualsBuilder}} fails to provide a proper way to handle {{BigDecimal}} since {{BigDecimal}} takes the scale into account when using {{equals()}} but not with {{compareTo()}}.

Would it be possible to add a method *{{appendComparable()}}* in {{EqualsBuilder}} to manages {{Comparable}} objects when we want to build equality on {{compareTo()}} and not {{equals()}}?

Making clear that {{EqualsBuilder}} is not compliant with {{HashCodeBuilder}} when using this method.

For example:
{code:borderStyle=solid}
    return new EqualsBuilder()
        .append(this.name, other.name)
        .appendComparable(this.amount, other.amount)
        .isEqual();
{code}

with:
{code:title=EqualsBuilder.java|borderStyle=solid}
    public EqualsBuilder appendComparable(Comparable lhs, Comparable rhs) {
        int c = new CompareToBuilder()
                .append(lhs, rhs) // manages null
                .toComparison();
        return append(c, 0);
    }
{code}



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